RA premier accuses Strong Armenia party leader of collaborating with  Russian intelligence services

ArmInfo. RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan accused the leader of the "Strong Armenia" party, Samvel Karapetyan, of collaborating with Russian intelligence services.

Speaking at a rally in the Lori region, the Prime Minister noted that  the international press has presented irrefutable evidence indicating  that the "Kaluga oligarch" is an agent of the Russian FSS.

Reputable international and Armenian media outlets are reporting  information with substantiation that the Kaluga oligarch who has  appeared in Armenia's domestic political life is, no less, an  employee of the Federal Security Service. This means that the person  who has arrived and is participating in Armenia's political processes  is, in fact, a secret FSB agent. This fact has now appeared in the  press, is circulating in the press, and the media are providing all  the justifications. This confirms our assumptions, because just two  days ago I said that the actions of a person who is introducing an  issue that has never been discussed in Armenia-Azerbaijan relations  can only be described as those of a spy. These people are making  daily efforts to introduce an issue that has never been discussed in  Armenia-Azerbaijan negotiations. They started out talking about  300,000, and now they've reached the figure of one million  Azerbaijanis coming to Armenia. I can't describe this as anything  other than the actions of an agent, a spy, because such an issue has  never been discussed in Armenia-Azerbaijan negotiations. Why are  these people spending millions to bring this issue and push it onto  Armenia's political agenda? Pashinyan noted.

Nikol Pashinyan added that the Armenian people have the opportunity  to prevent such actions. "To this end, we, the citizens of the  Republic of Armenia, must join forces to prevent the three-headed war  party, the spy war party, from crossing the threshold necessary to  enter the National Assembly. I respect all our international  partners, but, excuse me, sending agents here to engage in political  activity and create spy networks is not a partnership. The fact that  the Kaluga oligarch is an agent of foreign intelligence services  means that the party he created is also an agent network, and every  citizen who has learned this information today must make a choice:  are they an agent or a citizen? Every supporter, sympathizer, member  of this party, every staff member must make a clear choice, and I  believe that the majority of them will choose citizenship, and for  those who choose to act as agents, with all due respect to all  international partners, the Republic of Armenia will come," Nikol  Pashinyan concluded.

In turn, the leader of the Strong Armenia party, Samvel Karapetyan,  answering a journalist's question to give a political response to  publications about his personality and the accusations against him,  said: "Don't pay attention."